Tamar Pileggi reports: A sophisticated computer virus discovered at hotels hosting high-level nuclear talks and reportedly linked to Israel appears to have also broken into Chinese electronics giant Foxconn. According to the cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab, the Duqu 2.0 software used legitimate digital certificates stolen from the Taiwan-based electronics company to load and run…
Month: June 2015
Armenian Skimmer Leader Pleads Guilty
Wes Mayer reports: Davit Kudugulyan, the leader of an Armenian group that stole financial information from hundreds of victims throughout multiple states, including numerous victims in Coweta County, pleaded guilty in New York County on Wednesday. Last March, Kudugulyan and three other suspects, Garegin Spartalyan, Hayk Dzhandzhapanyan and Aram Martirosian, were arrested in New York…
NC: Skimmers steal CMPD gas card info; police warning public
Coleen Harry reports: Charlotte Mecklenburg Police are reminding people to be vigilant when paying for gas at the pump after officers with the department fell victim to card skimmers at local pumps. Police say four of the department’s Fuelman credit cards were skimmed at a local gas station in April. Officers have not said where…
Anonymous Strikes Again: Canadian Government Experiences Security Breach
Taelor Bentley writes: The infamous hacker group “Anonymous” reportedly conducted an attack against the Canadian government on Wednesday. This attack made multiple government websites go dark, including Canada.ca and the websites for the Department of Foreign Affairs, Transport Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and Justice Canada. This hack was supposedly in protest against the government’s controversial new security legislation. Bill…
Oregon updates and expands data breach statute
Alston & Bird write: Oregon has updated its data breach notification statute to broaden the definition of personal information that will trigger notice to individuals and add the requirement to notify the state’s Attorney General of certain breaches. Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law SB601 on June 10, and it was enrolled on June 15. The…
UK: London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham signs undertaking
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: An undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle has been signed by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. This follows incidents where personal data relating to a number of individuals was sent to unintended recipients due to typing errors in the address of the correspondence. On investigation…